[drvdevd]

Personally, I like to occasionally remember that there's not a single computing device in my life I really own. It can be either a comforting piece of knowledge or a frightening one depending on your perspective. I like to take the former perspective.

[27182818284]

Ehhh. In a sense sure, but lots of people consider they've owned a loaf of bread without knowing Wonder's recipe.

[drvdevd]

I see what you mean, but also no one ever owned a loaf of bread that could be cut, toasted and buttered remotely by a totally unknown 3rd party either...

[24gttghh]

Unless you go to the local diner for breakfast and don't know the line-cook...

[drvdevd]

Good point. You walk into the diner implicitly trusting the line cook and the bread baker and so on. Very similar to the chain of trust implicit in the tech we use. Only I believe the chain of trust in the tech to be much longer and proven to have been repeatedly broken in recent decades. Also, line cooks have the luxury of tossing out loafs of bread that have moulded over.

[24gttghh]

:) They can even cut off the mouldy bits, preserving the rest of the breakfast.